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Moraxella catarrhalis bacteraemia associated with prosthetic vascular graft infection

Faculty of Medicine, Saga University

¹ E-mail: miyamoth{at}cc.saga-u.ac.jp

Received June 22, 2009
Accepted October 20, 2009

Moraxella catarrhalis, formerly called Branhamella catarrhalis, Neisseria catarrhalis or Micrococcus catarrhalis, is a gram-negative, aerobic diplococcus frequently found as a colonizer of the upper respiratory tract. Over the last 20–30 years, this bacterium has emerged as a genuine pathogen and is now considered an important cause of otitis media in children and an etiologic agent in pneumonia in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. However, bacteraemia due to M. catarrhalis has rarely been reported. Presented below, is a case of M. catarrhalis bacteraemia associated with prosthetic vascular graft infection along with a review of the relevant literature.